I also loved learning - and I differentiate learning from education in my mind. Education is something that people try and put into you, learning is something you do because you want to do it. The UBC model is very interesting - and this whole article is absolutely fascinating. I think you should copy and paste it, trim it down a little and re-issue it (four years on) I suspect David is making some progress.

For me (and I was a teacher) I found that the easiest way to get kids to learn things was to work out what they were interested in. AI might provide a solution to that. It may be that in a few years, you can learn something like mathematics in a way that appeals to you. Learning how to add and multiply might be boring, learning how to balance the books on your first business might appeal more, or learning how to read the outputs from the engine of your favourite F1 car, or learning how to calculate the transfer fees for your favourite football player.

I never understood why we don't have more holistic blending of subjects. If you've got active kids, take them out - teach them English, maths, biology, science outside. If you've got bookish kids, give them lectures. We have to turn kids onto learning, not use education to turn them off from learning altogether.

Also, some of the most learning averse people I've ever met have been teachers. It's a worrying society which brings in people to cultivate a learning mentality who lack any form of curiosity or cross subject thinking.

Great essay. Re-issue it. It deserves another throw of the Medium dice. :o)